President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is accused of sexually assaulting a woman while in high school. (Alex Brandon / AP)

A former classmate of Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser recalled Wednesday that students at their high school discussed his alleged sexual assault after it happened, presenting another potential element of corroboration against the embattled Supreme Court nominee.

Cristina King, who says Christine Blasey Ford was “a year or so behind” her at Holton-Arms Preparatory in Bethesda, Md., made the allegation in a Facebook post.

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“This incident did happen,” King wrote of Blasey Ford’s allegation that Kavanaugh drunkenly forced himself on her at a party in the early 1980s. “Many of us heard about it in school and Christine’s recollection should be more than enough for us to truly, deeply know that the accusation is true.”

King conceded in the post she has no first-hand knowledge of the purported assault.

King said she was acquainted with Kavanaugh and his friend, Mark Judge, in high school, attending the same parties and seeing each other on their respective campuses. Kavanaugh and Judge attended the all-boys Georgetown Preparatory, which is 5 miles from Holton-Arms.

King was among hundreds of Holton-Arms graduates who earlier this week signed a letter in support of Blasey Ford, who went public with her allegations against Kavanaugh on Sunday.

Blasey Ford says she was 15 when an intoxicated Kavanaugh forced her into a room, pinned her against a bed and groped her. She alleges she thought Kavanaugh might inadvertently kill her as he kept her mouth covered to keep her from screaming.

The 51-year-old California professor provided the Washington Post with notes from a session she had with a psychiatrist in 2012, in which she discussed the alleged assault.

King, who lives in Mexico City, according to her Facebook page, said she is opposed to Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court because “he goes against everything sacred to me as a woman, mother, daughter, Latina, American and professional.”

But, King said, that’s not why she is standing by Blasey Ford.

“If Kavanaugh truly has the integrity mentioned by those who support him, then he should be just as courageous as Christine and stop trying to dodge the accusations,” King said. “By doing this, he would be giving the next generation and our kids/teenagers a huge lesson in humility, dignity and humanity.”

King’s post has since been deleted, but the Daily News was able to verify its authenticity.

In a subsequent tweet, King said she scrapped the post because she was taken aback by the media interest it prompted.

“It served its purpose and I am now dealing with a slew of requests for interviews,” King said.

She did not return a request for comment from The News. A White House spokesman declined to comment.

Blasey Ford’s allegations resulted in the Senate Judiciary Committee indefinitely delaying a confirmation vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination planned for Thursday. Kavanaugh and Ford are expected to testify about her shocking allegations Monday.

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Kavanaugh, who was tapped by President Trump to succeed retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, has vehemently denied Ford’s allegations.